Ruedrich's Red Seal Ale | North Coast Brewing Co.

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Reviews by dexterk1:

Poured from bottle into pint glass. Color is a dark amber to reddish. Head is thick and has staying power.
Odor is pretty light. Some citrus and floral. Also some malt.
Taste is very good overall. Citrus, floral and some bitterness near the end.
Mouth feel is clean and crisp. This beer is also pretty smooth throughout.

More User Reviews:

Had this on tap here in North Carolina,poured a deep amber with a creamy slightly off-white head.Nice balance of roasted grain and caramel mixed with a citrusy west coast hop profile on the nose,flavor like the aroma is very nicely balanced roasted and lightly caramelly sweet up front but a healthy dose of pine and grapefruit in the finish makes a great beer..

Appearance  This one looks spectacular. The body is a deep, deep orange and the head was monstrous, went down slowly, and left some gorgeous lacing on the inside of my Ruination glass.

Smell  The sharp hoppy aroma comes out beautifully. The piney fragrance fills the room. This Pale Ale has a remarkable nose.

Taste  The scent shows up in the taste but to a lesser degree. Theres a light sweetness and a faint toasted-malt flavor that combine to make this a symphony on the tongue.

Mouthfeel  Smooth as silk and barely medium in the body. This is refreshing and a delight to experience.

Drinkability  This was the fastest beer of the night. Its not a heavy duty IPA, but a great pale session ale.

Update  I reviewed this over a year ago so decided to take another look at this fine ale using a 2004 vintage.

It really does look spectacular and is well deserving of the perfect 5.0 rating on Appearance. I found it to be more balanced this time around both at the nose and especially at the taste. My fasted beer of the night comment that I wrote under Drinkability still holds true. It is difficult not to gulp down this ale. Another gem from North Coast.

Medium bitterness with a healthy dose of sweet malts. Mildly crisp fruity notes and esters make it resemble a pale ale. Mouthfeel is very chewy and creamy but gives way to a bitter hop finish. This makes the red seal extremely drinkable. It is well balanced and with a smooth front and crisp finish. Im not sure that it will please the hardcore hophead but its certainly a nice sipping/session beer for me.

It has a beautiful looking red color (although color doesn't mean much to me), it has a nice sized head (about a fingers length, as others have stated) that dissipates quite quickly. The taste is pretty nice. It is a little bit bitter but it is still pleasant to drink.

T: Quite similar to the smell. Decent malt sweetness with a distinct caramel character. Butterscotch, bread. It quickly turns to the hop flavors. The hops are prominent, but not that well defined - it's a bit blurry. Plenty of grapefruit, lemon peel, pine needles, some tobacco. The hops get a slightly raw character every now and then. Well balanced bitterness in the finish, but it's not very powerfull. Some spiciness as well.

M: Medium body, decent creamy sensation, pretty crisp.

D: It's a decent beer. The hop character is a bit too raw and unpolished.

This was an awesome pale ale from beginning to end. It poured a darker color than I was expecting for a Pale Ale with a dark amber color and a great frothy head that lasted till the end. The smell was quite full of citrus backed by a slight malty presence. The flavor was totally unexpected with a very big hop presence that was perfectly balanced by its slightly sweet maltiness and very creamy mouthfeel. One of the best West Coast APA's I've had.

Pours a nice amber color, pretty paltry lace. Smells rather faintly of caramelly malt. Taste is very nice, with that nice amber ale flavor (I'm not sure why this is listed as a pale...), and enough hops (citrus sometimes) to provide a little bite. The mouthfeel could be a bit fuller, but it's okay.

12oz bottle served in a pint glass. A really pretty beer: red/orange color, thick off-white head, plenty of lacing.Not much aroma, a little sweetness. Taste was an improvement over aroma. Sweet fruit, good malt presence, ending with a hoppy bite. Good session beer.

A- A beautiful amber hue that is clear enough to see through. There is also a clean white head.

S- The nose is mostly the citrus and fruitiness of the west coast hops.

T- Mostly hops. Again you taste the fruity/citrus sweetness of the west coast hops at the front, which is very refreshing. In the back, there is a bitter crispness from the hops. In the aftertaste, the remnants of the hops coat your mouth with a nice lingering bitterness.

M- Fairly carbonated, not much body, but rather crisp.

D- Low ABV, refreshing hop flavor, and thin body combine to make it easy to drink. It seems like this beer would be appropriate for most any occasion. I could probably drink a six-pack by myself and still want more!

Presentation: 12oz fat twisty with a red label, and most appropriately, a red seal on the label. No freshness date.

Appearance: Golden caramel with a sticky climbing frothy white head.

Smell: A nose full of sweetness, hops and some fruit aromas.

Taste: This is a smooth and creamy brew with a huge chewy malt body that holds off the oncoming hop flavours for about a 1/2 second. A raw hop flavour in the beginning turns rind like, a tad spicy, finally going drier at the end as it complements the lingering sweetness and mild fruity esters.

Notes: This could easily become a regular in the fridge. An outstanding interpretation of a Pale Ale (West Coast style), well balanced and full of complex flavours. Thanks to NCBC for supplying fresh samples to review.

Presentation: It was poured from a brown 12oz bottle into a pint glass. There is a very short description of the beer on the neck label but no other info like freshness date or abv.

Appearance: This beer pours a beautiful amber color with some visible carbonation. Its head is just off white in color, tall and long lasting. The thick creamy head holds on well and makes nice lacing all the way down the glass.

Smell: The aroma has some nice bready and fresh yeast notes with a good mix of herbal, earthy and lightly citrus like hop notes.

Taste/Palate: Like the aroma its flavor has a well balanced mix of bready malt and tasty hops. Its medium bodied with a nice even level of carbonation.

Notes: This is a great drinking beer with very good balance and flavor.

Pours a deep amber with a one finger head and moderate lacing. Aroma is sweet malts and citrus hops. Taste is pleasant blend of grapefruit and sweet malts with very little to no bitterness. Very creamy and smooth and super drinkable. Great light APA that makes you want to grab another.

Firm bitterness with enough malt to go around, great mouth feel that is pretty crisp which is key for the pale ale style. Shame we can't have this one around the Boston area ... this is one beer I really miss.